Will Ming

Chapter 770 Death?worth it!

Mingzhou

Shun Peng Hotel

Early in the morning, when there were not many pedestrians on the street, a group of hundreds of fine armored guards surrounded by a luxuriously decorated carriage stopped at the door of the inn. [Thanks for supporting the novel] The soldiers of the imperial army sealed off half the street, and the front and back of the Shunpeng Inn were completely surrounded.This situation is a little frightening, even the arresters of the government office in Mingzhou dare not get too close.

Pedestrians on this section of the street were driven away, and the quiet morning became chaotic because of the arrival of these soldiers.

An official in brocade clothes got off the carriage, glanced contemptuously at the curious people in the stores on both sides of the street, and walked into the inn in a disgusting way of twisting his waist. He didn't even glance at the shopkeeper and the buddy who were standing at the door and bowed.

"Where does Master Honglian live?"

When the eunuch looked around but couldn't find the person he was looking for, he turned around and raised his chin and asked the shopkeeper of Shunpeng Inn: "Hurry up, I don't have time to waste time in your dirty and broken place." Going on. I don’t understand how busy I am even if I tell you, and naturally I can’t casually tell people like you about the things in the palace.”

"Master Red Lotus?"

The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment, and then the Taoist nun who was sent to the inn by the palace guards a few days ago rang.He immediately pointed to the innermost upper room on the second floor and said, "It's on the second floor, the best upper room."

"Hmph! It took me so long to remember!"

The eunuch gave the shopkeeper a glance, turned his buttocks and walked up the stairs to the second floor.Just when he had just walked up to the second floor, the well-built wealthy businessman pushed the door and came out of the room.Seeing the eunuch in brocade clothes who suddenly appeared, the middle-aged man hesitated for a moment and then retreated.

Seeing the man backing away, the eunuch, who was young but extremely favored in the palace, still cursed in a low voice, "It's still sensible, so I said good dogs don't get in the way..."

The middle-aged man raised his brows, but he held back his anger.The four or five attendants behind him also changed their faces, as if they were about to rush up and tear the eunuch to pieces in the next second.The middle-aged man waved his hand behind his back slowly, and those attendants with cold faces held back immediately.

"A bunch of bastards."

The eunuch glared at the wealthy businessman, and then walked to the door of the innermost upper room on the second floor: "Is Master Honglian here? This servant is here to take you into the palace."

The door creaked open from the inside, and a Taoist nun in a dark blue Taoist robe came out with a smile.She held a red whisk in her hand, and it seemed that she really wanted to be out of the dust. [Thanks for supporting the novel] Although this Taoist nun is wearing a rather loose Taoist robe, she can still tell that she has a very good figure.A head of long hair was tied on the top of the head, hanging down very smoothly at the back of the head.

"working"

The nun nodded slightly and said something, then followed the eunuch out.

"Master, the empress has specially arranged a courtyard in the palace for you, but you live in this inn...Look, what kind of ordinary people live here, even slaves look It's an eyesore, and you're not afraid of losing your identity."

"Cultivation is in the world. Seeing people, walking in the world, doing things in the world, experiencing all kinds of hardships, tasting thousands of hardships, if you just enjoy it, how can you practice?"

The Taoist nun said as she walked: "Everything in time is a truth."

"Hey... this servant doesn't understand this."

The eunuch smiled obsequiously, it was completely different from the haughty look before.

The nun smiled, and when she passed by the rich businessman, she gave him a meaningful look.The wealthy businessman simply turned around and entered the room, closing the door with a bang.The eunuch was stunned, and couldn't help but angrily said: "Where did you come from, the mountain villager has no rules at all!"

The nun waved her hand and said, "You and I are also ordinary people, why should we care about such things?"

"The mage is magnanimous."

The eunuch smiled and praised, and led the Taoist nun out into the carriage.When she opened the curtain and boarded the carriage, the Taoist nun's complexion suddenly changed, and she quickly bowed her head and saluted, "Why did the empress leave the palace herself?"

"It's not that I have doubts in my heart, I am anxious to see you, Master."

In the carriage, Empress Cao, who was dressed in palace attire, smiled, pointed to the seat beside her and said, "Master, sit beside me."

The Taoist nun sat down, Empress Cao waved her hand, the eunuch immediately ordered to drive, the carriage started slowly, and headed towards the palace under the guard of hundreds of forbidden troops.

"Master... I got your reminder a few days ago. I sent someone to investigate secretly. This investigation found some trivial things, but I don't know if it counts as a crime."

"Queen please speak."

"That man had contacts with people from the Yanyun Army's military inspection department back then, and His Majesty knew about it. But he didn't follow the people from Yanyun Village, which shows that he still has some loyalty to His Majesty in his heart. But... The people I sent found out that he had an adopted son named Wang Pao, and he loved this adopted son very much. This time he sent troops, he took this adopted son with him and let him lead the army alone. Zizi has only a vacant position as a servant of the right, leading an army alone...should be regarded as an illegal system. 【New】”

"Wang Pao?"

The Taoist nun pondered for a while, then suddenly smiled and said: "The matter of leading the army is nothing, but the name already reveals the opposite meaning."

"How to say?"

"Wang Pao... the royal robe!"

The nun sneered and said, "He clearly has the intention of treason!"

"what!"

Empress Cao's complexion changed, and she immediately thought of another thing: "Wang Fubao has given the royal robe nine horizontal knives over the years, and nine is the largest number...not more, not less, why did he give nine handles?"

"This person's rebellion is so obvious, the queen should have reminded His Majesty earlier."

Empress Cao nodded, with a hint of hatred flashing in her eyes: "Master, the one who betrayed my elder brother is the root of the disaster. If he is rebellious, it can be explained. My elder brother is the pillar of Great Xia. Only when my elder brother is dead can he lead the army and take power!"

The Taoist nun couldn't help laughing when she heard this.

Although the smile was weak, it was extremely relieved.

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Five days

Cui Qian didn't even think that he was able to hide with these 4000 remnants for five days!Two days ago, he hid on the low mountain. When his scouts found that Xia Jun had gone and returned, he immediately led his troops down the mountain and continued to flee south.

Fortunately, the sun has been shining brightly these days, and the ice and snow have melted. Although the road is muddy, it is better than walking on the snow to expose traces.But the traces could not be concealed after all, and the enemy's cavalry and wild dogs were chasing after him.

When the men and horses were evacuating, Cui Qian sent hundreds of people to run in three directions for five miles and then returned.Then he took his men and horses down the mountain, walked for a whole day and found an abandoned village to rest for the night.Before the sun rose, he led the soldiers and continued on the road.

According to Cui Qian's idea, if he could keep Xia Jun's pursuers behind.Then there is no need to go back to Fanshui, and go directly to Yaocheng to flee to Generalissimo Xu Shiji of the Northern Expedition Army.After all, it's not very far from Yao City, so if you're lucky, you might be able to drive all the way there.

These five days are really like purgatory.

There wasn't enough food in the line, not even enough water.And these are not the most unbearable, only parting for those who are depressed.The most unbearable thing is the pain of parting, on that low mountain, in the cold night when everyone cuddled together for warmth.

More than [-] wounded soldiers chose to commit suicide.

They didn't discuss to do this heartbreaking thing, but in such a cold and frightening night, they made such a choice by coincidence, and death came peacefully in the cold night.When the sun rose the next day, their bodies were as cold as ice.

When going down the mountain, the soldiers of Yanyun Army insisted on taking the corpses with them.Cui Qian wanted to stop it, but looking into the eyes of his soldiers, he knew he couldn't say anything to stop it.Although he knew clearly that carrying more than [-] corpses forward, this in itself failed the determination of the wounded soldiers when they committed suicide.

In the end, Cui Qian did not order to bury the body on the spot.

After a fierce battle, the team that survived the catastrophe took the corpses of their comrades and hid for another five days. It has to be said that this is already a miracle.You must know that Xia Jun's nearly [-] cavalry are chasing after them!

For five days, they moved forward with difficulty.

For five days, Wang Pao was furious like thunder.

As Wang Fubao said, Wang Pao's temperament was too bloody, violent and vain. Although Wang Pao won with more, he felt that he had been insulted. If Wang Pao didn't kill all the soldiers of the Yanyun Army, he would never return to the Xia Army. camp.Even if he knew that Wang Fubao had been defeated one after another and returned to the west of Zhanghe with less than 2 horses, he was still unwilling to give up.

He ordered one of his subordinates, General Lang, to lead the infantry back to Qingzhang, and he took all the cavalry to continue chasing and killing the remnants of the Yanyun Army.In the past five days, he led the cavalry around back and forth, being led by the nose by Yan Yunjun, but he couldn't find the hiding place of the remnant soldier.

"Wang Ge, send another scout!"

Sitting on the side of the road, resting against a big tree, Wang Pao punched the tree heavily: "Don't miss any traces within a radius of fifty miles!"

"Here!"

Wang Ge responded, and carefully glanced at Wang Pao's face: "Young general, the general sent someone to ask the young general to return to Qingzhang immediately. Xue Wanche's troops have already taken advantage of the situation to attack the Zhang River, and the general led the troops. Set up defenses in the southeast of Qingzhang, dispatched Fei Township, and troops from Ping'en and Ping'en rushed to help. The general...needs your cavalry."

"I know!"

Wang Pao waved his hands impatiently and said, "Go and arrange the scouts first, and we'll talk about the withdrawal later."

"Report!"

At this moment, a scout came galloping from a distance on horseback.The scout jumped off his horse a dozen steps away, quickly ran to Wang Pao and clasped his fists: "Young General, we found it!"

The man spoke out of breath, looking quite embarrassed.

"Where?"

Wang Pao stood up fiercely, his expression became a little ferocious.

"Just less than thirty miles ahead, there is an abandoned fortress. The scouts searched that place yesterday, but found no trace of Yan Yun's army. But when passing by today, I suddenly found that the road has become much muddier than before. Apparently someone passed by. Beizhi led people to check it quietly, but was discovered by Yan Yunjun's people, and fought desperately, only Beizhi killed himself."

"Blow the horn! Gather your men!"

Wang Pao shouted loudly, and quickly walked over to his war horse.

Thirty miles away.

Cui Qian looked at the corpses of Xia Jun's scouts lying on the ground in front of him, and then looked back at his haggard and tired subordinates.He hesitated for a long time, and sighed heavily: "We can't go."

He turned around, looked at the subordinates with broken armor, pondered for a while and said: "Go further, we will go as far as Pingchuan, no matter how fast we go, we will not be able to go as fast as Xia Jun's cavalry. Since the enemy's scouts have found this place, it means Xia The army is not far from here. If we retreat, we will only show our backs in front of the enemy cavalry's horizontal knife. You have all experienced more than one fight, and you must all know the consequences of turning your back on the enemy cavalry."

He pointed to the dilapidated fortress and said, "I brought you here because I didn't want you to die in the wilderness the first time I went out with me. But today, we have no room to retreat. Although it is dilapidated, it is good for defense .Although the earthen wall of the fort has collapsed a lot, it can still block the charge of the enemy cavalry."

"If I have to die... I am willing to fight to the death with you!"

He pointed to the fortress and said: "This is our last battlefield... No one wants to die. I am a literati, and I am more afraid of death than you. But if death is a must... Would you like to accompany me, proud The battle died here!"

The scene fell silent, and after a while, an earth-shattering cry suddenly sounded.

"war!"

Cui Qian looked at his subordinates who looked haggard but had firm eyes, and raised his arms high: "I would rather die than live!"

"war!"

"war!"

"war!"

Thousands of exhausted soldiers erupted in a tragic but magnificent momentum.

"Set up defenses!"

Cui Qian strode towards the fort, his shoulders trembling slightly.

He is not afraid, but excited.

If he had to die today, then after all, he had done something beneficial to the Cui family. With today's battle and his contribution to assisting Xue Wanche in defeating Wang Fubao, His Royal Highness King Yan must have looked at the Cui family differently.The aristocratic family that has existed for a hundred years has not fallen into his hands after all.

Die... worth it!